Pierce Duncan, 12, engages in a book discussion at Hayden Public Library on Thursday. The middle school book club meets every week online and are now meeting once a month in person. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Kristen McPeek)

Middle school members of a new book club got fired up about "Cinder." The youngsters read the book during the first month of the new club organized by the Hayden Community Library Network and Coeur d'Alene school district. Of the 50 middle school students who signed up, 27 attended a first face-to-face meeting of club members Thursday at the Hayden Public Library. They ate pizza and participated in a very animated discussion about the book. Prior to Thursday's meeting, the club - which the students agreed to call "Newfangled" - met online each week through the school's virtual blackboard program called Edmoto. The students will continue to meet online and once a month in person at the library/Mary Malone, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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